The Australian Associated Press published an article today detailing the punishment of a deep faker.
Entitled: Man fined $340,000 for deepfake pornography of prominent Australian women in first-of-its-kind case.
Here is a quote from the article and to the link for the article itself.
A man who posted deepfake pornographic images of prominent Australian women has been slapped with a hefty fine as a “strong message” in a first-of-its-kind case.
The federal court ordered Anthony Rotondo, also known as Antonio, to pay a $343,500 penalty plus costs on Friday after the online regulator eSafety Commissioner brought a case against him almost two years ago.
(The Cathedral of Noyon no longer exists. It is fair game for new images.)
A deep fake is a created image of someone, a made up image. The “deep” adjective implies that to the unskilled eye, it appears authentic. A very good one may pass professional analysis.
The fellow punished here was publishing online deep fakes of well know Australian women and has been punished for it.
And so I ask my fellow Americans, “Shouldn’t we be punishing people for this cruel nonsense?” I think the answer is an absolute yes.
The law is pretty clear. We have sole rights to the use of our own identity and image with some thin exceptions. We should exert those rights.
That we live in an age where individuals will publish made up pictures to harm individuals is a tragedy but in the case of deep fakes, we can take action and we should.
Let us follow Australia’s actions and impose fines for such cruel acts!
James Alan Pilant
Pilant's Business Ethics Blog 
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